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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Texas.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Architecture degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Texas.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Coast Guard Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,063 | 1319 | 0.206 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 4200 | 82600 | 0.9492 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5100 | 40700 | 0.8738 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 6 | Rice University | 5800 | 85000 | 0.9319 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90000 | 0.9171 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 8 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7600 | 8600 | 0.1162 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8500 | 97100 | 0.9129 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9006 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 11 | Houston City College | 9300 | 15100 | 0.3854 | 59,451 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Mount Holyoke College | 9500 | 89900 | 0.8946 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 13 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 10000 | 21000 | 0.524 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 14 | Wellesley College | 10600 | 91300 | 0.8841 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 15 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 16 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11200 | 26000 | 0.5698 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 11200 | 86200 | 0.8705 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 19 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 19600 | 0.4119 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 20 | Indiana State University | 11900 | 25900 | 0.5414 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 21 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 21 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12000 | 38800 | 0.6912 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 23 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13200 | 17900 | 0.2633 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 23 | University of North Alabama | 13200 | 28200 | 0.5322 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 25 | San Jacinto Community College | 13300 | 16800 | 0.208 | 33,215 | 1135 | 1 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 28 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 29 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 30 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4737 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 31 | Middlebury College | 14300 | 89900 | 0.841 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 32 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4515 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 33 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 14900 | 29900 | 0.5008 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 34 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 89600 | 0.8275 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 34 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15500 | 30600 | 0.4938 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16200 | 29300 | 0.4471 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 37 | California State University-Sacramento | 16400 | 27600 | 0.4061 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 37 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.4252 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 39 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16500 | 22300 | 0.2598 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 40 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16800 | 28000 | 0.4016 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 41 | University of Houston | 16900 | 22000 | 0.2315 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 42 | Georgia Southern University | 17000 | 20100 | 0.1539 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 43 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8095 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 44 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 45 | Keene State College | 17700 | 32100 | 0.4469 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 46 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17800 | 38700 | 0.5395 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 47 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 48 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 49 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18600 | 39000 | 0.5228 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 50 | University of California-Berkeley | 18800 | 43500 | 0.5683 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 51 | Connecticut College | 19200 | 95300 | 0.7982 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 52 | University of New Orleans | 19500 | 27200 | 0.283 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 53 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19700 | 30400 | 0.3518 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 54 | Norwich University | 20000 | 73800 | 0.7288 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 54 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20000 | 79300 | 0.7475 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 56 | Hampshire College | 20500 | 83900 | 0.756 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 56 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20500 | 29300 | 0.2999 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 56 | University of Southern California | 20500 | 75900 | 0.7303 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 59 | University of Memphis | 21300 | 26400 | 0.1935 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 60 | Webb Institute | 21400 | 89600 | 0.7608 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 61 | Louisiana Tech University | 21700 | 25300 | 0.1424 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 62 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21800 | 35300 | 0.3821 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 63 | Tufts University | 22000 | 98900 | 0.7773 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 64 | La Roche University | 22200 | 72600 | 0.6945 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 65 | Mount Mary University | 22300 | 57200 | 0.6102 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 66 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4765 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 67 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 68 | Drury University | 23200 | 52900 | 0.5613 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 69 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3487 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 70 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5087 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 71 | University of Arizona | 24300 | 38100 | 0.3623 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 72 | University of Kansas | 24500 | 43000 | 0.4299 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 73 | University at Buffalo | 25000 | 34000 | 0.2647 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 74 | Temple University | 25300 | 36100 | 0.2994 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 74 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 76 | Marywood University | 25400 | 67700 | 0.6246 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 76 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 76 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 27700 | 0.0826 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 79 | Iowa State University | 25600 | 43300 | 0.4092 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 79 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25600 | 32800 | 0.2194 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 81 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 82 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 83 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26700 | 36800 | 0.2746 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 83 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 85 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26900 | 36600 | 0.2649 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 86 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 87 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27500 | 88300 | 0.6885 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 87 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 89 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0886 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 90 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 91 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1439 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 92 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 92 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30100 | 42200 | 0.2866 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 94 | Texas Tech University | 30500 | 38900 | 0.216 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 95 | Ithaca College | 30800 | 72500 | 0.575 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 96 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 96 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 98 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31800 | 41200 | 0.2284 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 99 | SUNY Maritime College | 32000 | 41600 | 0.2306 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 100 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 101 | Morgan State University | 32400 | 41900 | 0.2269 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 102 | Lawrence Technological University | 32600 | 71900 | 0.5465 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 102 | Portland State University | 32600 | 43100 | 0.2433 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 102 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 32600 | 34500 | 0.0551 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 105 | Samford University | 32800 | 64600 | 0.4924 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 106 | Auburn University | 33800 | 33800 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 107 | Prairie View A & M University | 33900 | 39600 | 0.1439 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 107 | Thomas Jefferson University | 33900 | 68100 | 0.5023 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 109 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 34100 | 57400 | 0.406 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 110 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34300 | 36100 | 0.0498 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 111 | University of Rhode Island | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 112 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 113 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36200 | 47500 | 0.2381 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 114 | Delaware Valley University | 36300 | 66900 | 0.4575 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 115 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 116 | Andrews University | 37200 | 70100 | 0.4694 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 117 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 118 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66300 | 0.427 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 119 | University of San Francisco | 39400 | 84800 | 0.5352 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 120 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 120 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40400 | 44100 | 0.0839 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 122 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40500 | 48500 | 0.1649 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 123 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40600 | 50600 | 0.1977 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 124 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57000 | 0.2774 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 125 | Anderson University | 42200 | 53600 | 0.2127 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 126 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42300 | 55200 | 0.2336 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 127 | Kean University | 42400 | 48300 | 0.1222 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 128 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53600 | 0.1904 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 129 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 130 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46300 | 86300 | 0.4633 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 131 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 46700 | 55800 | 0.1631 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 132 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 132 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47700 | 57700 | 0.1721 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 134 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48300 | 91400 | 0.4717 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 135 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 136 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 137 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 138 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 139 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 140 | Howard University | 55200 | 66500 | 0.17 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 141 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 142 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 143 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 144 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58400 | 71200 | 0.1798 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 145 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 146 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 147 | Otis College of Art and Design | 66500 | 79800 | 0.1666 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 148 | University of California-Davis | 68200 | 69800 | 0.0229 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 149 | University of Oregon | 69000 | 71300 | 0.0321 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 150 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,294 | 1229 | 0.7328 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.